Conversations With Matt Dwyer

Drew Ackerman aka Dearest Scooter is the creator and host of the genius Sleep With Me podcast. A show he created to help people with insomnia, anxiety and various other sleep issues drift off to slumberland. Drew and Matt have an honest and one of the funniest conversations in the show's history. They explore what lead Drew to the idea, struggling to find a meaningful path in life and the day he saw his reflection in the mirror and knew he needed to get his act together. Drew is a brilliant and hilarious force. This is a great episode. Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Luis J. Rodriguez is a former gang member turned author, journalist and poet laureate of Los Angeles. He joins CWMD to discuss how his parents would have rather him stay in the streets than become a writer, the struggle to find his voice, labor movements, the working class side Los Angeles no one knows, the similarities between Chicago and LA writers and much much more. Check out his websites: www.luisjrodriguez.comwww.tiachucha.org and his podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hummingbird-cricket-hour/id1381254966?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author of, “My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean," Amy Dresner joins CWMD to discuss her sex and drug addiction, working on chain gangs, growing up in Beverly Hills and the pain one must endure to be an honest writer. Elle magazine compared Dresner’s darkly comic memoir to Carrie Fisher’s “Postcards from the Edge” and Mary Karr’s “Lit,” calling Dresner’s book “one for the ages.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Indigenous artist and activist Gregg Deal joins CWMD in a engaging and eye opening discussion about being a truthful artist without gimmicks, how the federal government had outlawed the ceremonies and rituals of indigenous people, the expectations put on his people by western culture and how the various nations view Elizabeth Warren's and other people's claims of Native American Status. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At age nineteen Kenneth E. Hartman was sentenced to life without parole for accidentally killing a man in a drunken street fight. His book Mother California is about is time in prison, finding love and becoming reformed. He joins CWMD to discuss life in prison, freedom, and the future of our prison system. Mr. Hartman is a captivating man with a lot to share. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Neil sits down with Matt to talk about his recent book, Out of the Wreck I Rise: A Literary Companion to Recovery. Neil talks about addiction, literature and the splendor of Chicago. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Like all conversations with Duncan Trussell this one is filled with spiritualism, metaphysics, truth, the universe and who we are. Dwyer and Duncan have been a little out of touch and catch up discussing our various identities, the poetics of booze, and how you have to kick over the ant hill to see how it rebuilds itself. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian Will Weldon joins Dwyer in a hilarious and interesting chat on what they’ve eaten when broke, how everyone needs to start joking on Facebook again and the differences in Canadian healthcare and politics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

MacArthur Genius Award winning Jazz musician Ken Vandermark joins Dwyer in an inspiring and captivating discussion about the artform of the album, didacticism in art, and how he learned he was winning the MacCarthur Genius Award. Check out his work at kenvandermark.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From Feral Audio, We Should Have A Podcast's Corey & Courtney join Dwyer in a conversation about their road trip to the Women’s March. We talk about our national entitlement before Orangie took office, and about staying alert in the face of our lousy new president. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt sits down with comedian Riley Silverman to discuss, rediscovering her comedic voice as a transgender person, the state of comedy post 45 taking office, and the sudden jump to the right our country took. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt sits down with 60s Yippie legend Judy Gumbo for a fantastic and eye opening conversation about remaining skeptical in a dark time, the importance of humor in protest and how we must look at history to understand today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Ilhan Cagri joins Dwyer in a conversation about, how the Muslim Ban is traumatizing for all Americans, the misconceptions of the Muslim religion and how to get beyond the hatred. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Director of the 'Welcome To Me' joins Dwyer in a conversation about our democracy under siege, upholding a healthy rage, how the 45th presidency is big business on a level of no other president, and how this administration will affect filmmaking. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doug Mesner joins Conversations for the fourth time and it is once it’s a riveting conversation. Doug speaks about fighting theocracy, when Republicans talk about religious rights they are only speaking about Christianity, and the backlash repealing the Johnson Amendment will have on Christianity and politics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Poverty Activist and Author Linda Tirado joins Dwyer in a conversation about how the Rust Belt working class know Trump is a liar, how some voters hoped to jolt the system in hopes something better would happen, and how we need to stop judging, understand and start being better people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Founder of the Center for Sex & Culture, Dr. Carol Queen joins Dwyer for a captivating conversation about how Trump’s presidency will impede healthy sexual attitudes, keep people in the closet, and how science fiction will help us understand our times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt sits down with labor journalist and campaign consultant Shaun Richman for an inspiring conversation about worker’s rights. They discuss the right to work movement, the growing support of unions, the protests of the Muslim Ban at JFK airport and our mutual love of Stephen Malkmus. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt sits down with his partner in life, Kelly Dwyer to discuss the fears of parenting in the aggressive and sexist Trump era and how one raises their child a feminist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

arolyn Gehrig joins Dwyer for an emotional and intense conversation about where the rights of disabled citizens are headed under a Trump Administration. Ms. Gehrig also enlightens us on inspirational porn and how their rights are being stripped away. They also delve into how Trump is all presentation no substance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.